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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid Suffolk District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,368 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Norton Road And Land At Barrells Road Thurston Suffolk IP31 3QJ And IP31 3SF
Received 23 May 2023Bacton Middle School Mill Road Wyverstone Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 6 Nov 2023Bacton Middle School Mill Road Wyverstone Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4LH
Received 6 Nov 2023Bacton Middle School Mill Road Wyverstone Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4LH
Received 20 May 2024Land North Of Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 10 Jun 2024Little Mead The Street Mendham Harleston Suffolk IP20 0NH
Received 27 Sept 2024Land South Of Glebe Way Mendlesham Suffolk
Received 1 Nov 2024Barns At Hall Farm Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 16 Jan 2025Barns At Hall Farm Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 16 Jan 2025Chapel Farm Stowmarket Road Ringshall IP14 2JA
Received 31 Mar 2025Land At 5 The Caravans Kiln Lane Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9QR
Received 2 Apr 2025Land South West Of Beyton Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 7 Apr 2025Grove Farmhouse Grove Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe IP14 6LZ
Received 5 Oct 2026Flint Hall Mill Lane Creeting St Peter Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8QL
Received 12 May 2025Moat House Farm Bildeston Road Offton Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7DB
Received 5 Jun 2025Barn Owl Campsite Felsham Road Rattlesden IP30 0SG
Received 6 Jun 20259 Castle Street Eye IP23 7AN
Received 8 Jun 2025Former Crown Chicken Factory The Street Weybread IP21 5TL
Received 17 Jun 2025Rectory Farm Great Green Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BN
Received 18 Jun 20252 Almshouses The Street Stowlangtoft Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JN
Received 26 Jun 2025Marsh Farm Mill Lane Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HW
Received 27 Jun 2025Low Meadows Farm Briar Lane Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1NA
Received 3 Jul 2025Pinehurst Brundish Road Wilby Eye Suffolk IP21 5LS
Received 7 Jul 2025Old Wood Hall Great Green Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BN
Received 7 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Mid Suffolk District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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